Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 10:19:47 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Squires <mikes@12-222-67-235.client.insightBB.com> To: tony <tony@tntpro.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: new dhcp client causing problems Message-ID: <200206011519.g51FJl8W061741@12-222-67-235.client.insightBB.com> In-Reply-To: <07fe01c20920$7cf3ef80$0d00a8c0@celery> "from tony at May 31, 2002 11:57:45 pm"
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tony > I'm just wondering why my /var/log/messages is filling with > May 31 19:21:04 tntpro dhclient: New Network Number: 192.168.0.0 > May 31 19:21:04 tntpro dhclient: New Broadcast Address: 192.168.0.255 The same messages started appearing in my logs after upgrading to 4.6-PRE: May 31 10:19:20 99-992-67-235 dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on fxp0 to 99.993.2.34 port 67 May 31 10:19:20 99-992-67-235 dhclient: DHCPACK from 99.993.2.34 May 31 10:19:20 99-992-67-235 dhclient: New Network Number: 99.992.64.0 May 31 10:19:20 99-992-67-235 dhclient: New Broadcast Address: 255.255.255.255 May 31 10:19:20 99-992-67-235 dhclient: bound to 99.992.67.235 -- renewal in 155695 seconds. which I interpret as bogus responses from the DHCP server (the reponses for hostname and netmask are definitely bogus, although these may be just a crude attempt by the ISP to prevent client systems from running services.) They appear every few days. Mike Squires UN*X at home since 1985 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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